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The unprecedented Ukraine-to-Canada 'air bridge' could mean a brighter future for all refugees

The Canadian government is building an “air bridge” for Ukrainians fleeing war to come to Canada.

The Conversation

Myanmar's military chief pardons prisoners to mark holiday

Myanmar’s military government has begun releasing more than 1,600 prisoners to mark the traditional new year holiday, but they didn’t include any political detainees despite the country’s ruling general vowing to bring peace this year

The Independent UK

Rwanda asylum plan could lead to Home Office staff walking out in protest, union warns

Unions have warned civil servants could request transfers or leave the civil service entirely, if they object to the scheme

The Independent UK

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Facebook struggles as Russia steps up presence in unstable west Africa

Increasingly sophisticated efforts to influence opinion are making it harder to establish whether they breach Facebook’s policies

The Guardian - UK

Iran Confirms Centrifuge Workshop Moved to Underground Site

Iran has confirmed it relocated a centrifuge facility to its underground Natanz nuclear site, state media reported, days after the UN atomic watchdog said it installed surveillance cameras to monitor the new workshop at Tehran's request. The late Saturday report by the official IRNA news agency comes as diplomatic efforts…

Asharq Al-Awsat

China Eastern resumes Boeing 737-800 flights after March crash

China Eastern Airlines has started putting its Boeing 737-800 jetliners back in use for commercial flights less than a month since a crash killed 132 people and led the company to ground 223 of the aircraft, the carrier said on Sunday.

Reuters

'Inhuman' Situation in Ukraine's Mariupol as Russia Claims almost Full Control

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said the situation in Mariupol is "inhuman" and called on the West to immediately provide heavy weapons, as Russia claimed it was in control of almost all of the strategic port city and urged its last defenders to surrender. Moscow said Ukrainian forces in the city…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Rwanda genocide orphans to be booted out of home to make way for UK asylum seekers

Orphans of Rwanda’s civil war say they have nowhere to go after being turfed out of a hostel under Priti Patel's cruel Rwanda refugee scheme

Daily Mirror

Domestic violence cases rise in wake of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption, as women call for a power shift in humanitarian response

The UN says 70 per cent of women and girls experience sexual or gender-based violence during crises. How have women fared in the aftermath of Tonga's volcanic eruption?

ABC News

Ukraine border guards stop man trying to flee country in woman's clothing

Ukrainian border guards said they stopped a 26-year-old man clad in a long black jacket and a leopard-skin hat as he tried to escape the country through a taxi checkpoint in Odessa

Daily Mirror

Priti Patel could spark Home Office exodus following controversial immigrant deal

The UN refugee agency deemed the deal as ‘unworkable’ and did not uphold the UK’s legal responsibilities

Evening Standard

Dozens dead or presumed dead after boat capsizes off Libya, UN says

A migrant boat has capsized off the Libyan coast, leaving at least 35 people dead or presumed dead, the U.N. migration agency said Saturday.

France 24

Turns out an awful lot of US politicians see no problem with kids going hungry

Last year the US government lifted millions of children out of poverty when it expanded the Child Tax Credit – and then the policy was simply chucked away

The Guardian - US

A new book looks at the rehabilitation of Muzaffarnagar riot victims

Making amends for wrongs done requires compassion and a human touch, says Sandeep Virmani of Hunnarshala Foundation

The Hindu

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The Guardian - UK

Priti Patel could face Home Office mutiny over Rwanda asylum plan

Unions say civil servants could stage mass walkouts after home secretary overruled their concerns

Tribune News Service

Martin Schram: A Nobel solution to Putin’s Ukraine horror

Day and night, images that are unwatchable yet unforgettable pour out of the great news funnels all around the planet.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemeni Gov’t Prioritizes Peace Despite Houthi Truce Violations

Yemen’s official government has renewed its prioritizing of peace and support for international efforts to end the war with Houthi militias despite the latter’s continued escalation and violations against the UN-sponsored truce that went into force on April 2. “The government has chosen the path of peace in order to…

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Arab Parliament Warns Houthis Against Turning Safer into a Political Bargain

The Arab Parliament warned the Houthi militias against tampering with the Safer tanker issue and using it to achieve political gains. It issued a statement Friday saying the militias continue to prevent maintenance teams from boarding the tanker off Ras Issa in Hodeidah. The Parliament stated that the tanker faces…

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The Independent UK

Palestinians in Jenin evoke painful past as violence flares

The latest wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence has been centered on Jenin, a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank that has long been a bastion of armed struggle against Israeli rule

The Independent UK

What the papers say – April 16

Reaction to the Government’s Rwanda plan is splashed across some of the Saturday papers.

The Independent UK

Patel says Rwanda plan a blueprint to follow despite reports of Home Office row

The Cabinet minister is said to have been forced to overrule civil service concerns about the asylum proposal.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Mariupol ‘completely cleared’

Entire urban area of Mariupol cleared of Ukrainian forces and only a few fighters remain on its outskirts, Russia says.

The Independent UK

UK’s Rwanda asylum plan breaches international law, says UN refugee agency

The UNHCR ‘strongly condemns’ policy of sending migrants who arrive in Britain unlawfully more than 4,000 miles to Africa

The Guardian - UK

UN refugee agency condemns Boris Johnson’s Rwanda asylum plan

Gillian Triggs, assistant high commissioner at UNHCR, says plan is ‘symbolic gesture’ that will prove unworkable

Irish Mirror

Pat Flanagan: Civil servant shows what’s Watt when it comes to decisions

In this country it’s not a case of “Yes, minister” when it comes to the most senior civil servants, it’s a case of “I’m not even going to bother telling you what’s going on, minister”.

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